Airport officials said a plane made an emergency landing at XNA in Northwest Arkansas after the pilot reported steering problems.

Airport officials said a plane made an emergency landing at XNA in Northwest Arkansas after the pilot reported steering problems.

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Updated: 7:24 PM CDT Jun 12, 2014

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WEBVTT FLIGHTS ARE NOW BACK TO NORMAL AT XNA, AFTER A DELTA PLANE HAD TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING THIS MORNING. 40/29 BROKE THE STORY WITH A MOBILE ALERT. SEVERAL PASSENGERS SENT US PICTURES AFTER THE LANDING LIKE THIS ONE HERE. 40/29's EMILY MAHER TALKED WITH PASSENGERS WHO WERE ON THAT FLIGHT ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED. SHE'S LIVE IN BENTONVILLE. YOU CAN SEE THE PLANES BEHIND ME TAXING UP HERE TO THE AIRPORT. BUT, JUST A FEW HOURS AGO CREWS HAD TO SHUTDOWN THE RUNWAY AFTER A PLANE MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING JUST OVER HERE. (SOT Nancy Bohnhoff, Passenger) "we climbed for the first five minutes and it was a little rougher than normal" NANCY BOHNHOFF SAYS TAKEOFF FROM XNA WAS OTHERWISE NORMAL ON DELTA FLIGHT 5358 TO ATLANTA. (SOT Nancy Bohnhoff, Passenger) "and then it became obvious he was no longer climbing in altitude, so we knew something was up" SHE SAYS THE PLANE WAS IN THE AIR FOR ABOUT FIFTEEN MINUTES BEFORE THE PILOT CAME OVER THE INTERCOM AND SAID .. (SOT Nancy Bohnhoff, Passenger) "he was going to have to turn back to Fayetteville" XNA TELLS US THE PLANE COULD NOT PULL UP ITS LANDING WHEELS ONCE IT WAS IN THE AIR - TRIGGING AN ALERT TO THE PILOT WHO MADE THE CALL TO TURN AROUND. (SOT Jeremy Rook, Passenger) "we had to sit out there and get shuttled back up here" JEREMY ROOK IS ANOTHER OF THE FIFTY PASSENGERS WHO WAS STRANDED ON THE RUNWAY. (SOT Jeremy Rook, Passenger) "I didn't want it to happen, any kind of issues" BUT THE PROBLEMS DIDN'T STOP WHEN THE PLANE LANDED. THE AIRPORT SAYS STEERING PROBLEMS AND BLOWN TIRE MADE FOR A ROUGH LANDING. (SOT Nancy Bohnhoff, Passenger) "the left rear brake locked up and the plane was stopped on the pavement and it couldn't go anywhere." I SPOKE WITH DELTA AIRLINES ON THE PHONE EARLIER TODAY. THEY TELL ME THEIR MAINTENANCE CREWS ARE INVESTIGATING THE PROBLEMS LEADING TO THIS EMERGENCY LANDING. REPORTING LIVE, EMILY MAHER 40/29 NEWS. THE AIRPORT SAYS NO ONE WAS HURT DURING THE LANDING. 40/29 LEARNED XNA ACTUALLY GETS SEVERAL EMERGENCY ALERTS FROM

Delta plane makes emergency landing at XNA

Airport officials said a plane made an emergency landing at XNA in Northwest Arkansas after the pilot reported steering problems.